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hello everyone. i hope we're all having a spiffy evening?
lovely.
im not. im writing an essay on the use of dashes and exclamation marks in american drama. I have a number of ideas for this essay, which is nice. thing is, the question talks about said punctuation being used in times of "high thought", and im kinda thinking to myself 'wheres the "high thought" in american drama?'

can anyone think of a character in the plays of Miller, Gerstenberg, Mamet, Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams etc. that actually think much?

i was also just thinking (ok, its anpther essay i have to do for friday): Can short stories be successfully political? hmmmmmmm.....

Alfieri the lawyer, in A View From The Bridge, who acts as the narrator, interpreting the story for the audience. He's a fairly 'intellectual' character. AS IN he uses BIG WURDZ and stuff. Yes, he's interesting.

the dude in that (can't remember his name. Tom?) thinks quite a lot. but then it's not really 'high thought', in fact it's probably really shallow thought. yeah, i'm no help. you essay title sucks, and i no nothing about short stories.